4600. THAT EVIL SPIRITS MUST NOT BE EXPELLED. . Sometimes, diabolical spirits adhered to the ideas and affections of the body; and several times I endeavored to expel them in various ways, but in vain. Hence [I knew], from experience, that they are not expelled, but that they recede of themselves. They are stubborn, and take pleasure in combats, and it somewhat augments their pleasure: wherefore, they are not expelled in this manner; but, when left alone, then they recede of themselves.